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Northwestern University tailback Jason Wright closed out his college career as the school's fourth-leading rusher, and was a two-time first team Academic All-American. On Saturday, however, he recorded a first: he gave his first formal speech, as the keynote speaker at the Rolling Meadows Community Prayer Breakfast. "I'm just glad for the opportunity," Wright said afterward. "This is the only group I've ever spoken to, besides my (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) group." It won't be his last. He already is booked to speak to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes coaches meeting on March 13 at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire....

<p>Northwestern University and the U.S. Military Academy between them have produced two U.S. presidents, a Nobel Prize winner, a baseball commissioner, a Supreme Court justice, even a man on the moon.</p> <p>What neither of these institutions has ever produced is a basketball team that made it into the NCAA Division I men's tournament. While they're not the only schools with that dubious distinction, they are big names in a relatively small club.</p>

EVANSTON, ILL. - It's a rainy Thursday night, a few days before finals, and Northwestern University's campus is deserted. But students can hear the raucous music emanating from one old stone building long before they step inside. "Blessed be Your glorious name!" sings a throng of 100-plus students, led by amped-up guitarists, a drummer, and backup singers on stage. It would take more than rain or exams to keep them away from these Thursday nights of singing, praising God, and sharing their relationships with Jesus. Religion on campus - particularly evangelical groups like this one - is thriving these days,...

<p>Northwestern University is investigating charges of ethics violations by a psychology professor whose federally funded research has been criticized by House Republicans.</p> <p>Professor J. Michael Bailey has been accused of failing to "obtain the informed consent of research subjects" for his book about transsexuality, "The Man Who Would Be Queen."</p>

Conservative author Ann Coulter answers questions after her speech Thursday in the Owen L. Coon Forum. More than 600 students attended the event, where Coulter discussed racial profiling and religion's role in the war on terrorism. photo by Peter Stephan Need for racial profiling, 2004 election predictions top conservative's agenda November 21, 2003 More than 600 students filled the Owen L. Coon Forum on Thursday with intermittent applause and nervous conversation as conservative author and political activist Ann Coulter spoke on the war in Iraq, liberals and racial profiling. "The war has been a magnificent success," said Coulter, author of...

CHICAGO -- A 19-year-old Northwestern University student was charged with felony disorderly conduct for allegedly faking two racist incidents earlier this month because "he wanted to do something to motivate minority students," police said Tuesday. Nov. 11: Northwestern University Students Rally Against Hate Jaime A. Saide (pictured, right), 19, of Des Moines, was charged late Monday with two counts of felony disorderly conduct for filing separate false police reports claiming he was the victim of a hate crime, Evanston Police Commander Michael Perry said. In the first report, filed Nov. 4, Saide said someone hung a sign on the door...

Evanston police arrested a Communication freshman Monday and charged him with felony disorderly conduct, alleging he lied about two hate crimes to bring attention to race relations on campus. Jaime Alexander Saide, nicknamed Xander, told police he found the words "Die Spic" written on a poster and wall adjacent to his first-floor room in Chapin Residential College on Nov. 4. Four days later Saide told police someone grabbed him from behind on the street nearby the dorm, held a knife to his neck and whispered "Spic, we didn't run away this time," into his ear. Saide "made up" both incidents,...